ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 151395
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| Date: | Friday 16 February 1951 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | VIO Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) |
| Registration: | A-55 |
| MSN: | 86586 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Woensdrecht AFB, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) |
| Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 86586; Taken on charge by the RAF as PG689, notionally at 15 MU RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 31.5.44. However, placed into long-term storage in ‘purgatory’in the Oxford area; returned to Morris Motors, Cowley, Oxford for erection [undated, but probably June 1945]. To 39 MU RAF Colerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire 8.7.45. To 47 MU RAF Sealand, Flintshire 12.9.46 for crating for overseas shipment. To Dagenham Docks 12.2.47
Shipped to Rotterdam on the s.s 'Ponto' to Royal Netherlands Air Force/Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu). To Royal Netherlands Air Force/Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) as A-55 6.9.47; to KLu Leeuwarden and stored. To Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Noord Brabant, Netherlands (WOE/EHWO) 24.2.48 and taken on charge by Royal Netherlands Air Force/Koninklijke Luchtmacht (KLu) 22.3.48. To Fokker for major inspection 19.8.49; returned to Woensdrecht 7.11.49.
Badly damaged in crash 16.2.51 at Woensdrecht Air Base, Woendrect, Noord Brabant, Netherlands; to CW.II for repairs 17.4.51 but repairs abandoned and struck off charge 29.6.51 and scrapped.
Woensdrecht Air Base (Dutch: Vliegbasis Woensdrecht) (IATA: WOE, ICAO: EHWO) is a military airport between the villages of Woensdrecht and Huijbergen, about 10 km (6 miles) south of the city of Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands. It is located near the A58 motorway and the border with Belgium.
NOTE: Some Netherlands sources (see links #5 & #6) state that this Tiger Moth was rebuilt in Belgium as OO-CMS. This is not the case; OO-MOS is generally thought to be ex-Klu A-56 (MSN 86580, formerly PH-UFE and PG683 before that).
Sources:
1. Dutch Tiger Moths / Herman Dekker, 1986
2. http://www.gahetna.nl/archievenoverzicht/pdf/NL-HaNA_2.13.165.ead.pdf#page255
3. http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/p865.html
4. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
5. https://kw.jonkerweb.net/index.php/en/aircraft/aircraft-d/701-dehavilland-dh-82-tiger-moth-uk?start=2
6. https://www.ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luchtvaart/vliegtuigen-d/vliegtuigen-d-dehavil-dh82/1139-dehavilland-dh82-3
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woensdrecht_Air_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Dec-2012 12:25 | harro | Added |
| 25-Apr-2019 13:05 | Cobar | Updated [Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 08-Dec-2020 10:37 | Cobar | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 01-Oct-2021 16:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 01-Oct-2021 16:49 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
| 12-Jun-2022 23:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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